Socialist Party of Senegal

The Socialist Party of Senegal (PS) was a socialist political party in Senegal that was founded in 1958 by Leopold Sedar Senghor. It was the ruling party from independence in 1960 until 2000, and, in 1976, the party's views shifted from African nationalism and African socialism to social democracy and democratic socialism. The party boycotted the June 2007 parliamentary election, and it held no representation in government as of 2018.